Washington — President Donald Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Wednesday, allowing schools in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% milk alongside low‑fat and skim alternatives. Congress passed the bipartisan bill unanimously late last year; it affects about 30 million students. Administration officials,...
United States Multiple public companies announced release dates and conference calls for quarterly results. Plexus (Neenah, Wisconsin) will report fiscal Q1 2026 results on January 28 with a January 29 conference call. ESCO Technologies (St. Louis) will report Q1 2026 on February 5 with a 4:00 p.m. CT call. SiTime...
MINNEAPOLIS — A judge on Wednesday granted the Trump administration additional time to respond to a request to pause aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota, while the Pentagon sought military lawyers to assist federal agents. Protesters confronted officers after the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good; another federal officer shot...
MOORESVILLE, N.C. Sheriff's deputies investigated a reported Jan. 8 break-in at retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's home, authorities said. Investigators allege burglars forced entry, opened a safe and stole about $30,000 in cash, a backpack, firearms and memorabilia after the Dec. 18 fatal plane crash that killed Biffle and six...
Washington — President Trump said Wednesday he had been told on 'good authority' that killings of protesters in Iran have stopped and that planned executions would not take place, while Iranian officials signaled fast trials and denied imminent hangings. He spoke after consulting aides and repeated U.S. support for demonstrators....
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department announced this week it will suspend processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, effective Jan. 21, citing concerns that new arrivals could become public charges. The pause excludes nonimmigrant tourist and business visas. Officials, including Tommy Pigott and Karoline Leavitt, said the...
United States — Verizon experienced a widespread mobile voice and data outage Wednesday, leaving customers seeing 'SOS' alerts and unable to make calls or access data. Downdetector and outage trackers logged surges across major metro areas, with reports ranging from about 90,000 to nearly 200,000. Verizon issued a statement acknowledging...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, appointed in December as U.S. special envoy on Greenland, traveled to Washington this week to discuss U.S.-Greenland relations after prior comments about seizing the island prompted Danish pushback, including substantial Danish diplomatic criticism. Landry plans a March trip to Greenland and said...
Washington, FBI agents searched the Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday as part of an investigation tied to a Pentagon contractor accused of removing classified intelligence reports. Authorities seized Natanson’s phone, work and personal laptops and a Garmin watch. Prosecutors have charged system administrator Aurelio Perez-Lugones...
Washington: The House and Senate advanced and passed bipartisan spending packages this week to avert a government shutdown on Jan. 30. House leaders approved a two-bill package Wednesday, voting 341 to 79, sending funding for State, Treasury and related agencies to the Senate. The Senate moved through procedural votes and...
